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contributors to this species:

ScotCat
Sources:

Other
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Relevant Information:

They have been introduced to a few
countries throughout Europe but are native to North America
and Mexico and are mainy used as a sport fish in the U.S. where
it is one of the species used in the "pay as you
fish" ponds. To tell the difference between the "Catfishes"
and the "Bullheads" in the family Ictularidae
is quite simple, the Catfishes have a forked tail, as in the
Channel Catfish, and the Bullhead catfish have a truncate (straightish)
caudal fin.

Common
Name:

Channel catfish

Synonyms:

Silurus punctatus

Family:

Ictaluridae

Distribution:

North America:
Central drainages of the United States to southern Canada and
northern Mexico